... (Before E. W. David and F. C. Vachell, Esq.) ILLEGAL HOURS.—Edward Milward, of the Prince of Wales beer bouse, Canton, was fined 20i. including costs, for keeping his house open at illegal hours on the 7th inst. The defendant had been cautioned for the like offence. DRUNK AND RIOTOUS.—Tuscan Davies was charged with being drunk and riotous at Grangetown on the 18th inst. Discharged with a ...

... At the Manchester City Police Court, on two labourers, named William M'Donogh.and Laurence Dolan, were charged with the manslaaght fames M'Evoy. The principal witness was a s p > named Mary Lacy. She saw the prisoner and dece^ed iaoompaa/ in Poll.r,J,»«et httto o olook on Saturday night, one nMrV •, « -it- >» lenge deceased to fight, and the deceas aftp'r- and went away as if going home. Afew ...

... The special half-quarterly meeting of this Board was held on Monday.. In the absence of the Mayor Alderman Pride occupied the chair. There were also present, Councillors J. Bird, P. Bird, H. Bowen, T. Evans, J. N. Flint. J. P. Ingledew, D. Jones, R. J. Todd, Dr. Taylor, E. WhifFen, and J. Winstone. The Town Clerk read a letter from the Mayor, re- gretting his being unable to attend the meeting ...

... THE PAY DAY.—On Saturday last the usual pay jtook place, and every thing connected with it passed off gatis- factory. THE ENGINEER OF THE WORKS.—We understand that Mr. Fairnburn, from the North of England, has been ap- pointed the engineer of the works instead of Mr. Moyle, who has resigned his appointment in consequence of ill- health, and goes to the south of France. THE WATER WORKS. —This ...

... THE SITE OF THE FUTURE TOWN HALL. Sill,—Cannot the town be stirred up to prevent the car- rying out of the gross job so skilfully devised for the building of the Town Hall on the costly and unsuitable site near the Board of Health slaughter house? No situation in the town could well have been chosen more uutit for such a building its only charm being the sweet savour of a long law suit, with ...

... THE RETURN OF EMPTY PACKAGES.—The Manchester merchants have commenced a raid against the system of returning empty packages or wrappers. At a large meeting held to devise means to carry out their object, a draft of a circular which had been drawn up on the subject, amI had received the signatures of a very large number of tho most considerable firms, was read. Eventually a resolution was ...

... SUMMER WI^ES.—To those who cannot reconcile the fact that pure sound Claret can be sold at the prices quote 1 below, we would explain that there are considerably over 6,0;)0,00,» (six million) acres in France devote,l to tiie cultivation ot the vine, which yield on all average 1 UJJ,OVJO,ODO (oue thousand million) gallons of wine annually; and now that the duties are reduced in England, these ...

... At Gibraltar, there being a great scarcity of water, an Irish officer said, He was easy abjut the matter, for be had notbiug to do with the water if he ouly got his tea in the morning, and punch at vight, it was all that he wanted. ...

... Last among the regattas of our sister ports Gomes that of Cardiff. We cannot this year boast of grace- ful yachts, with their graceful and delicate tracery of intricate ropes, tapering spars and symmetrical propor- tions, that bespeak the modern taste of shipbuilders, who conduct so arduous a competition in produ- cing models of naval arcliiture, in which speed & beauty ate combined with ...

... The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday at Shrewsbury Sir C. 11. Boughton in the chair. The report stated that considerable progress had been made during the half-year towards the completion of station accommodation for traffic and other works. The line generally was put in such a condition as would meet the requirements of the through traffic which would come upon it on ...

... The Right Honourable Mr. Corry M.P. first Lord the Admiralty, has promised to be in Liverpool about the 12th instant, in order to present the prizes to the pupils on board the training ship Conway. The Lombard Railway Company, on the occasion of opening the part of the line which runsacross the Bren- ner, instead of spending money on a fete, preferred to give 12,000 florins for the relief of ...

... LONDON, Monday, September 16. AMERICA. New York, Aug. 29.—Governor Brownlow has suspended the disbandment of the State Guard, assign- ing as his reason the disloyal tendencies of the people of Tennessee. A recent investigation has disclosed the existense of numerous formidable and secret organisations of armed negroes in Virginia. FRANCE AND ITALY. The basis of the arrangement come to between ...